Jacques Daret Southern Dutch artist Date of Birth: . Country: Dive

1. Early Life and Apprenticeship
2. Tournai Period and Guild Membership
3. Brussels and Bruges Periods
4. Artistic Style and Legacy
5. Death and Missing Works

Early Life and Apprenticeship

Jacques Daret was a Netherlandish painter born between 1403 and 1406 in Tournai (modern-day Belgium). His exact birth date remains unknown. In 1418, he is mentioned as a neighbor to Robert Campin (known as the Master of Flémalle), and in 1427, he is documented as having two apprentices, Jacques Daret and Rogier van der Weyden, who enrolled in Campin's workshop.

Tournai Period and Guild Membership

In 1432, Daret became a free master and joined the Tournai Guild of Saint Luke. For nearly two decades, he received commissions from the Abbey of Saint-Vaast in Arras, with Jean du Clercq, the abbey's abbot, as his primary patron.

Brussels and Bruges Periods

By 1464, Daret had relocated to Bruges, where he worked on decorative commissions for the marriage festivities of Charles the Bold. He is believed to have also worked in Lille.

Artistic Style and Legacy

Daret's artistic style shows a progressive nature compared to his contemporaries, although he is not considered as influential as his teacher, Campin, or his colleague, van der Weyden. Daret's few surviving works, such as the outer wings of the carved altarpiece for the Abbey of Saint-Vaast, exhibit similarities to the paintings of both Campin and van der Weyden.

Death and Missing Works

The last record of Daret dates to 1468. It is assumed that he died in Bruges between 1468 and 1470. Only four outer panels from an altarpiece created for the Abbey of Saint-Vaast have survived, with two other panels ("The Virgin of the Annunciation" and "The Angel Gabriel of the Annunciation") missing.